Happy World Migratory Bird Day! This World Migratory Bird Day, let's celebrate migration by practicing ethical birding and helping ensure these remarkable travelers have safe places to rest, refuel, and thrive. ABA Code of Birding Ethics available here: www.aba.org/aba-code-of-...

New podcast episode! The recent split of Mew Gull into Short-billed Gull and Common Gull has offered yet another complicated ID concern for dedicated gull-watchers to ponder. Amar Ayyash talks about the status of Old World Common Gulls in the ABA Area Listen here: www.aba.org/not-so-commo...

Not So Common Gulls with Amar Ayyash - American Birding Association

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Bay Area birders! Heading to the Berkeley Bird Festival this Sunday? Be sure to stop by the ABA table in the afternoon and catch up with Ioana Seritan, the ABA’s Young Birder Programs Coordinator! Hope to see you there!

In the upcoming Birding travel special issue, Sharon Wada will take readers to the wetlands of Costa Rica’s Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge in “Feeling the Heat in Caño Negro: A Costa Rican Hotspot Worth the Sweat.” Join the ABA today to receive this special issue! ABA.org/join

The special travel issue of Birding magazine is going to press soon, and it’s packed with birding travel inspiration. Among the feature articles is “20 Best Birds in Sichuan” by Steven An, a spectacular look into the region's jaw-dropping birdlife. Don't miss it: aba.org/join

In the upcoming travel-themed special issue of Birding magazine, Sam Woods and Keith Barnes map out a strategy for finding all 250 currently recognized families. Don't miss it: aba.org/membership

Upcoming ABA Community Weekend in Charleston, South Carolina! Join the American Birding Association for a full weekend of birding, community, and celebration in and around Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 21–22, 2026! Learn more and sign up: www.aba.org/aba-communit...

This week's rare bird alert roundup is out. Read here: www.aba.org/rare-bird-al...

Rare Bird Alert: October 2, 2026 - American Birding Association

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The ABA Community Weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, has concluded. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a weekend of birding, learning, and connecting, especially to our excellent partners, like St. Louis Audubon Society and Vortex Optics, who helped make the weekend a success.

We’ll have multiple opportunities to look for the iconic Andean Condor on the ABA’s Chile Birding: Deserts, Wetlands, and Rainforest, Oct. 10–22, 2027. Learn more and sign up: www.aba.org/chile-birdin...

Despite a powerful Nor’easter bringing flooding and high winds, forcing some families to cancel, our Young Birder-led Field Trip at the Maryland Ornithological Society Convention was a success! Thank you to our young leaders, their families, MOS, and everyone who made this event possible.

The Green-tailed Towhee is one of the more distinctive sparrows we search for on the ABA’s Southeast Arizona: Sparrows of the Grasslands and Sky Islands workshop. Join the ABA in southeastern Arizona! Learn more and sign up: www.aba.org/southeast-ar...

With its brilliant emerald-green plumage, orange mask, and coral-red bill and legs, the Grass-green Tanager is an unmistakable Andean tanager of humid montane forests. Learn more and sign up for the ABA's tour to Peru: www.aba.org/southern-per...

The September Photo Quiz is up! Good luck! www.aba.org/september-20...

September 2026 Photo Quiz - American Birding Association

A yellowish bird, seen from below and with no head. Where to start? As it turns out, this bird shows a field mark that drastically narrows down the possibilities. The field mark is little-known—and vi...

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It also occurs to me that @aba.org's #BirdoftheYear fits today's #BirdogtheDay #Borb theme. Check out American Birding Association's Tee here: www.aba.org/store/horned...

It is daunting to keep up with the explosion of ornithological research at the present time. Mikko Jimenez, Andres Jimenez, and Sarah Swanson join host Nate Swick to discuss recent research on everything from plover conservation to songbird migration. Listen here: www.aba.org/this-month-i...

This Month in Birding - September 2026 - American Birding Association

It is daunting to keep up with the explosion of ornithological research at the present time. But the American Birding podcast is there to deliver the latest news for you! Ornithologists Mikko Jimenez,...

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Fall of 2026 is shaping up to be another invasion season for a few montane species, especially a couple corvids, which are engaging in widespread movements. Asher Gorbet explains: www.aba.org/ongoing-mont...

Ongoing Montane Bird Irruptions in Fall 2026 - American Birding Association

Late summer and early fall mark the time when birders in western North America start turning up records of montane birds moving into non-breeding habitats and descending into nearby lowlands. Fall of 2026 is shaping up to be another invasion season for a few montane species, especially a couple corvids, which are engaging in widespread movements. Here, three montane species are highlighted, a few others are mentioned, and we encourage you to provide details and documentation when observing wandering bird

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Last call to register for the ABA Community Weekend in St. Louis, Missouri! Join the American Birding Association for a full weekend of birding, community, and celebration in and around St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 26–27, 2026. Register here: www.aba.org/aba-communit...

New book review! Rick Wright explains how Australian historian Russell McGregor’s new book, Enchantment by Birds, is a story of human encounters with 22 species which opens into the discussion of a different aspect of the history of birding in Australia. Read here: www.aba.org/micro-histor...

Micro-histories of Australia’s Birds - American Birding Association

Book reviewer Rick Wright, writing in the September 2026 issue of “Birding,” explains how Australian historian Russell McGregor’s new book, "Enchantment by Birds," is a story of human encounters with 22 species which opens into the discussion of a different aspect of the history of birding in Australia.

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The Sardinian Warbler is a quintessential bird of Mediterranean scrub, and one of the species we’ll be looking for on the ABA’s Greece Spring Birding: Athens and the Greek Mainland, March 28–April 7, 2027. Learn more and sign up: www.aba.org/greece-sprin...

The Ontario: Summer 2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Broad-billed Hummingbird, and Crested Caracara. Read the full report here: www.aba.org/ontario-summ...

Ontario: Summer 2025 - American Birding Association

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The intricate rufous, brown, black, and white plumage of the Orange River Francolin can make it surprisingly difficult to pick out. Join the ABA in Namibia this December and search for this handsome, ground-dwelling bird of southern African grasslands. Learn more: www.aba.org/namibia-bird...

Really unexpected lifer today in Wellfleet (Cape Cod): a Crested Caracara, which is supposed to be down the length of South America, maybe as north as Florida. Seen by many. @aba.org is this a MA first?

The ABA Staff and Board Retreat has officially concluded! We spent the past few days talking about many exciting possibilities for the future. There has never been a better time to be a member of the association. ABA.org/membership

ABA staff and board members were delighted to receive copies of two exciting new books about birds: The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, and The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet by Scott Weidensaul.

The ABA Community Weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, is coming up soon! Join the American Birding Association for a full weekend of birding, community, and celebration in and around St. Louis, Missouri, Sept. 26–27, 2026. Register here: www.aba.org/aba-communit...

Last Call: Register for the 2027 Young Birder of the Year Program before Sept. 15, 2026! The program is open to young birders between the ages of 10 and 18. Register here: www.aba.org/young-birder...

Young Birder of the Year Registration - American Birding Association

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Rebecca Minardi reviews Stacey Pazar Huth and Noah T. Gibb's new book, An Experiment in Birding, a chronicle of their record-breaking Maine Big Year in 2025 and a guide on how to have your own amazing Big Year. Read here: www.aba.org/a-big-year-h...

A Big Year How-To - American Birding Association

Book reviewer Rebecca Minardi writes about Stacey Pazar Huth and Noah T. Gibb's new book, "An Experiment in Birding," a chronicle of their record breaking Maine Big Year in 2025 and a guide on how to have your own amazing Big Year.

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The 2025 eBird/Clements bird taxonomy update featured some widely talked about changes, such as splits of Yellow Warbler and Whimbrel. But there are also a couple changes that flew under the radar due to not being explicitly listed in the update. Read here: www.aba.org/additional-2...

Additional 2025 eBird/Clements Checklist Changes - American Birding Association

The 2025 eBird/Clements bird taxonomy update featured some widely talked about changes, such as splits of Yellow Warbler and Whimbrel. But there are also a couple changes that flew under the radar due...

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Tune in to watch What's This Bird? Live! with Nate and Greg today at 1 PM ET! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8VO...

What's This Bird LIVE! September 11, 2026

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